media player with built-in wireless bridge

I am looking to add online capability to my Playstation2, and I'm also
interested in network media players. I know I need the Sony network
adapter and possibly a wireless ethernet bridge. The third piece could
be a wired network media player also connected to the bridge.

Does anyone know of a device which combines the 2? For instance a
wireless media player which also doubles as a bridge for a non-wireless
device?

Thanks

Most ethernet bridges available right now have one port only. In your
case, you'll need 2 ethernet bridges. Or, you can get yourself a WRT54G
and put it into client mode. You can connect to it not only 2 devices
but up to 4 since it has 4 ports.

BTW, you will need to flash its firmware with hacked versions like
DD-WRT or Alchemy.

Hth.

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> I am looking to add online capability to my Playstation2, and I'm also
> interested in network media players. I know I need the Sony network
> adapter and possibly a wireless ethernet bridge. The third piece could
> be a wired network media player also connected to the bridge.
>
> Does anyone know of a device which combines the 2? For instance a
> wireless media player which also doubles as a bridge for a non-wireless
> device?
>
> Thanks
>

I've looked at a few wireless network media players, but don't recall any
having a LAN port out.
(Which, in essense, would make the media player also a "wireless-ethernet
adapter".)

Great idea though. Kills two birds with one stone.

I can, however, report that I've used a small mini-hub to give two devices
connectivity to a single ethernet-wireless adapter.

The mini-hub worked just fine with one of my D-Link DWL-810+'s. The two
devices were an XBox and a Dreamcast (with a broadband adapter, obviously).

I have a couple DWL-810+'s (802.11b) that I use with internet-only stuff
with an 802.11g SSID. My WLAN is 802.11a though. Whenever I do add a media
player, I'll probably want it to use either 802.11a or 802.11g, as the files
will be local. Right now, I'm just using a PDA as a "wireless media
player". LOL. Literally, just connecting the headphone jack to the stereo
while pulling MP3's from a local file server. It works, but as you can
imagine, leaves a lot to be desired.

Actually, put off getting a "media player" because I'm hoping that the
XBox360 will double nicely as such. I'm not planning on getting an X360
until after the holidays though.

The mini-hub (and its just a generic little $14 "get you in the store" deal)
does work the DWL-810+, even though the problems it could have are obvious
and of nobody would "support" using it like this. It works even with both
devices running simultaneously though. Using it with heavier traffic, i.e.
with a media player, very likely would have problems. Never tried, so don't
really know.

Cheers,
Eric

DLink's DSM-320 has both.


Eric wrote:
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message

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> I've looked at a few wireless network media players, but don't recall any
> having a LAN port out.
> (Which, in essense, would make the media player also a "wireless-ethernet
> adapter".)
>
> Great idea though. Kills two birds with one stone.
>
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